Thank the Lord up above that this Brett Favre saga is almost over. The Packers have agreed to move fan favorite (depending on which fans you ask) to the New York Jets.
“Brett has had a long and storied career in Green Bay, and the Packers owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude for everything he accomplished on the field and for the impact he made in the state,” Green Bay officials said in a statement.
I wish him luck, but I wish he would have said that he didn’t want to be with the Packers in the first place instead of acting like he really wanted to retire. Good luck to him and I wonder if he shoots to the top of the depth chart with Chad “Noodle Arm” Pennington and former Oregon QB Kellen Clemens.
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was found unconscious on a Las Vegas street Monday after apparently being the victim of a robbery.
Police spokesman Bill Cassell said in a statement that Walker was taken to a hospital with “significant injuries†after being found early Monday on a street off the Las Vegas Strip.
Cassell said Walker remained in fair condition at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
A Raiders spokesman said the team was “in the process of gathering information†and had no further comment.
Walker signed a six-year, $55 million deal with the Raiders after being released by the Denver Broncos in February.
Well it looks like the 6′9, 345 pounds monster tackle of the Baltimore Ravens, Jonathan Ogden, is calling it a career. He was the staple that held together the O-line in Baltimore all the way back to their 2000 Superbowl win. He made it to the Pro Bowl 11 straight seasons and kept defensive ends at bay when trying to rush whoever their QB was (Boller, Dilfer, Redman, whoever). But injuries in the past few seasons kept him off the field and helped faster defenders to rush past him. Remember a year ago against the Super Bowl Champs that year Colts (they were 13- 3 that year!)? I know that he will be in the Hall of Fame soon, as soon as 2013 with Brett Favre.
But on a side note, don’t have many pics but from this pic, his wife looks pretty hot.
By sportsburnPublished: 06 March 2008 5:47 PM ESTPosted in: NFL, Sports VideosTags:Brett Favre
Check out video of Packer great Brett Favre breakdown during his press conference on his retiring. I have to admit, it got me when I watched it live. There were times in the past where I hated on Brett, but as I continued to watch, he gained my respect. He played with a lot of passion and a gunslinger’s mentality, shooting his guns until there were no rounds left in the chamber. Oh yes, there were times he shot blanks, but there were other times he could not miss.
Favre said, “I promised I wouldn’t get emotional” and then, after a long pause, “It’s never easy. You know, it’s funny, I watched hundreds of players retire, and you wonder what that would be like. You think you’re prepared.”
He then took about 20 seconds to regain his composure before continuing, by saying what he said to his wife prior to the press conference: “I was telling Deanna on the way over here, God has blessed me with so many great things, abilities, wonderful family, and as I was flying up here today I thought about so many things and I wanted to say so many things that I feel like I needed to say. But He gave me an opportunity to use my abilities and I seized that opportunity. I thank Him for that.”
He then said, “I’d like to thank the Packers for giving me the opportunity as well.” And then he broke into tears again as he said, “I hope that every penny … I hope that every penny that they’ve spent on me, they know that’s money well spent. It was never about the money, the fame, the records. I hear people talk about ‘Your accomplishments’ and things that — it was never my accomplishments, it was our accomplishments.”
By sportsburnPublished: 05 March 2008 3:59 PM ESTPosted in: NFLTags:Brett Favre
Here’s the voicemail message sent to Chris Mortensen from now retired Brett Favre on the day that he chose to leave the NFL. He speaks about him being tired and it was Superbowl or Bust for him. I don’t think that there will be many like Brett to come along because I don’t know how many teams could tolerate a QB with his off the field problems, slung it around like he did with the INTs, but still came up big when it counted. I don’t think teams would wait to see the good, with all the bad could go wrong. This was the guy who’s first pass in the NFL was one to himself, go figure.
Thank the Lord up above that this Brett Favre saga is almost over. The Packers have agreed to move fan favorite (depending on which fans you ask) to the New York Jets.
Well it looks like the 6′9, 345 pounds monster tackle of the Baltimore Ravens, 